Harrisburg police were called to "a report of a deceased male" in the wooded area behind the 52nd row of the Hall Manor Housing Community around 8:30 a.m., according to a release by the department later that afternoon.
The initial investigation showed he showed that the man had suffered a gunshot wound and had been died for "an unknown amount of (time)," police stated in the release.
The outlet says the manner of death was a homicide but Daily Voice has been unable to confirm that as police and other Dauphin County authorities had "no comment when Daily Voice inquired at noon.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police, at 717-558-6900.
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